Indonesian Lombok Island Hit By 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake 2 Weeks After Deadly Quake - USGS

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th August, 2018) A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit on Sunday the Indonesian island of Lombok two weeks after another quake that left over 430 people killed, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

On August 5, the 6.9-magnitude earthquake followed by several aftershocks hit Lombok leaving at least 436 people dead.

The Sunday tremor was registered at 04:10 GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was located six kilometers (3.

7 miles) northeast of the town of Sembalun Lawang at a depth of 7.9 kilometers.

Indonesia is located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffer from powerful earthquakes. Hundreds of thousands died in 2004 when the most powerful earthquake at that time hit Sumatra's Aceh region, triggering a tsunami in several states bordering the Indian Ocean.

On Sunday, a number of states of the Ring of Fire suffered from earthquakes including Colombia, Fiji, Japan and Russia.